There’s more to life than being busy.

At first I thought it was a teacher thing. I would ask how someone was doing and they would say, “I’m really busy.” This was often followed by a description of how little sleep they had gotten and how much grading they had done. Teachers weren’t whining. It wasn’t a “poor me” attitude. It was more of a sense of pride. As teachers, we often wear “busy” like a badge of honor, advertising to the world how out of control our careers have become.

Source: Want to Be More Creative? Try More Rest – John Spencer

John’s article is all about “breaking up with busy” and integrating more rest. It’s all too common to wear busy like a badge of honor.